The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-01
PRODUCTS OF MEMPHIS.
Lathe, Forge, Mold and Plane.
Manufactures Aggregating FuIly
$l0,000,00O a Year.
Establishment OF New Industries ard
Improvements I'm Old Ones.
Number Of Men Employed and
Amounts OF Wages Paid.


The sales Of timber and lumber il
the market during the past year ex
ceeded 100000 in the aggregate
Next to cotton, the great staple O
the South, timber takes its rank, ant
its steadily increasing value, will
the growing demand and the exten
sive shipments made to all parts O
the country, render its traffic an OBJ
ject OF interest to the community al
large. A quarter Of a million Of dol.
lars is invested in saw and plauins
mill property here, and there are ter
firms in the business. The stock,
carried arc not included, and tn,
value Of the stocks on hand will reacl
perhaps quarter Of a million more
besides hall a million Of dollars in.
vested in the traffic.
The lumber dealers and sash, door
blind and planning mill manufactur.
ers OF the city are ten in number
and their aggregate business during
the past twelve months reaches fully
5000, 0S0. We have the Chelsea
Lumber Company, the Cotton Wood
Manufacturing and Lumber Com
pany, the Brinkley Lumber Com.
pany, the Woodruff Lumber Com.
psny, Williams 4 Co., Darnell &
Bro, Cochran & Co., VIC. Bell, tho
Cole Manufacturing Company, and
W. II. Cooyer & Co. The cash in
vested is about 81 600, 900. The past
years business shows up largely in
excess OF any previous year. The
aggregate sales for the year is not
less than sl25, 900 for any one Of the
foregoing, while several exceed that
amount.
From seven TO ten car loads Of
lumber are shipped by all OF the
firms named during each week, and
IL is poor business that will not
average q car load a day. The books
OF one firm alone for the past eighteen
months show $40 cars shipped, or
an average Of thirty per month.
The points 10 which dried lumber
is sent from this city are numerous
aud in some cases distant. For ox-
ample, various lots OF poplar lumber
have been sent direct TO San Fran
cisco and il is a surprising fact that
a car load OF 1900 feet OF poplar
lumber worth here, free on board,
$3.50, is more than double that price
when delivered on the Pacific coast.
II costs $40 per car, or $50 per 1000
ireightsge, and a car load worth
$3.50 per 1000 here aggregates $500
atSan Francisco. Another feature is
that much dried lumber is sent TO
Denver, Colo, from whence Il il
shipped TO the Pacific coast TO be used
for fruit boxes. and AZ 4 considerable
quantity OF California fruit Is used
by the citizens OF Memphis, as can
be verified easily by stroll along
Front or Main streets any day, il is
apparent that We are shipping fruit
boz material moro than 20OO miles 10
be filed with fruit and sent back the
same distance to supply our table.
In addition 10 shipping lumber
West TO the Pacific coast, IL is also
sent from here TO the Atlantic coast
as far as Jacksonville, Fla, over
1000 miles distAut Large shin.
ments Of green lumber are also made
10 the North and Northwest, where
Il is manufactured into plows, farm.
inF implements, including threshinr
machines Anda variety OF other artl-
cles, The shipments north are mainly
hard woods, including ash, oak aud
hickory, though liberal quantities
OF poplar, cotton wood gum aud wal
nut are sent up the country, much
Of IL by way Of the Ohio river. Ship.
ments OF cypress aud walnut are also
made from along the line Of the Val.
Icy railway 10 Europe, aud one deal.
er, with cypress brake near the
head u navigation on the Sunilowcr
river, floatcd a single barge load Of
lumber 10 New Orleans, upon which
he cleared the handsome sum Of
Ns,0OO.
The Texas fruit growing area
about Deunison, 10 the northern part
Of the State. near the Rod river,
looks largely 10 this market for their
supply of dried lumber for fruit
boxes. Thus il will be seen that
our lumber goes more than 2OO0 miles
west, to the Pacific coast, over 1900
miles east 20 the Atlantic shore, 10
New Orleans on the south, and To
points IN Wisconsin, and even fur
Their 10 the north.